| 释义 |
chey·enne
I. \(ˈ)shī|an, -aa(ə)n also -en\ noun
(plural cheyenne or cheyennes)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Canadian French, from Dakota Shaiyena, from shaia to speak strangely, unintelligibly, from sha red + ya to speak
1.
a. : an Indian people of the western plains ranging between the Arkansas and Missouri rivers
b. : a member of such people
2. : an Algonquian language of the Cheyenne people
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Cheyenne, Wyoming
: of or from Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming
< a Cheyenne street >
: of the kind or style prevalent in Cheyenne |